
\begin{table}
\caption{Robustness Check: The Impact of Chinese Leadership Visits on Foreign Policy Convergence}
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 & M1:OLS & M2:SAR & M3:OLS & M4:SAR \\
\hline
Temporal Lagged DV                 & $0.6553^{***}$  & $0.6241^{***}$  & $0.6550^{***}$  & $0.6238^{***}$  \\
                                   & $(0.0096)$      & $(0.0094)$      & $(0.0096)$      & $(0.0095)$      \\
Chinese State Visits (dummy)       & $-0.0273^{***}$ & $-0.0258^{***}$ &                 &                 \\
                                   & $(0.0070)$      & $(0.0067)$      &                 &                 \\
Chinese State Visits               &                 &                 & $-0.0271^{***}$ & $-0.0255^{***}$ \\
                                   &                 &                 & $(0.0066)$      & $(0.0063)$      \\
Spatial Lag Parameter: $\rho$      &                 & $0.2233^{***}$  &                 & $0.2232^{***}$  \\
                                   &                 & $(0.0137)$      &                 & $(0.0137)$      \\
Ln(Population)                     & $-0.0471^{***}$ & $-0.0274^{**}$  & $-0.0485^{***}$ & $-0.0290^{**}$  \\
                                   & $(0.0134)$      & $(0.0128)$      & $(0.0137)$      & $(0.0132)$      \\
Ln(GDP per Capita)                 & $0.0181^{***}$  & $0.0177^{***}$  & $0.0182^{***}$  & $0.0179^{***}$  \\
                                   & $(0.0062)$      & $(0.0059)$      & $(0.0062)$      & $(0.0059)$      \\
Trade Dependence                   & $0.0089^{*}$    & $0.0106^{**}$   & $0.0090^{*}$    & $0.0107^{**}$   \\
                                   & $(0.0048)$      & $(0.0046)$      & $(0.0048)$      & $(0.0046)$      \\
Electoral Democracy Index          & $0.0127$        & $0.0020$        & $0.0143$        & $0.0038$        \\
                                   & $(0.0170)$      & $(0.0163)$      & $(0.0173)$      & $(0.0165)$      \\
Capability Ratio                   & $-0.2584^{**}$  & $-0.0391$       & $-0.2942^{**}$  & $-0.0740$       \\
                                   & $(0.1165)$      & $(0.1121)$      & $(0.1180)$      & $(0.1135)$      \\
Years of Diplomatic Relations      & $-0.0017^{***}$ & $-0.0014^{***}$ & $-0.0017^{***}$ & $-0.0014^{***}$ \\
                                   & $(0.0005)$      & $(0.0005)$      & $(0.0005)$      & $(0.0005)$      \\
Defense alliance with the US       &                 &                 & $-0.0084$       & $-0.0091$       \\
                                   &                 &                 & $(0.0137)$      & $(0.0131)$      \\
Change in Source of Leader Support & $-0.0066$       & $-0.0052$       & $-0.0067$       & $-0.0052$       \\
                                   & $(0.0069)$      & $(0.0066)$      & $(0.0069)$      & $(0.0066)$      \\
\hline
Fixed Country Effects              & YES             & YES             & YES             & YES             \\
Fixed Year Effects                 & YES             & YES             & YES             & YES             \\
R$^2$                              & $0.8770$        & $$              & $0.8770$        & $$              \\
Adj. R$^2$                         & $0.8720$        & $$              & $0.8720$        & $$              \\
Num. obs.                          & $6184$          & $6184$          & $6184$          & $6184$          \\
Parameters                         & $$              & $243$           & $$              & $244$           \\
Log Likelihood                     & $$              & $3891.7688$     & $$              & $3892.6292$     \\
AIC (Linear model)                 & $$              & $-7052.6473$    & $$              & $-7052.5404$    \\
AIC (Spatial model)                & $$              & $-7297.5377$    & $$              & $-7297.2585$    \\
LR test: statistic                 & $$              & $246.8904$      & $$              & $246.7181$      \\
LR test: p-value                   & $$              & $0.0000$        & $$              & $0.0000$        \\
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\multicolumn{5}{l}{\scriptsize{$^{***}p<0.01$; $^{**}p<0.05$; $^{*}p<0.1$}}
\end{tabular}
}
\label{tab:apped3}
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\end{table}
